Parents naturally want to protect their children. If your child is struggling, anxious, sensitive, overwhelmed, or neurodivergent, the urge to smooth the path can be almost irresistible. We step in, solve problems, remove obstacles, negotiate with teachers, minimise disappointment, and try to shield them from stress. After all, isn’t that what good parents do? Perhaps. But what if, in protecting children from every challenge, we are also depriving them of something essential?

A woman in her 50's came to see me suffering from severe anxiety, panic attacks and exhaustion. On paper, she understood herself very well. She had spent years reflecting on her life and had undertaken various forms of therapy. She could clearly describe the events that had shaped her. As a child she had been caught in the middle of her parents’ conflict. Her mother would come to her for emotional support and share worries that no child should have to carry. There was violenc

In this heartfelt interview, A Story of Hope: One Family’s Autism Journey through Homeopathy, Magda shares her family’s journey — the fears, the turning points, and the extraordinary transformation that followed.